The Truth About Voting Rights

I have been meaning to mention this for a while, but MSNBC is running this promo in which Andrea Mitchell bemoans the fact that "political parties and interest groups" are working to keep people from voting, which is something that Andrea believes is a very bad thing indeed. I agree. About what a bad thing it is. But I depart from agreement due to what I think is her mistaken use of the plural.

There is only one political party that is actively working to keep people from voting. There is only one political party whose allied interest groups are actively working to keep people from voting. This is not even a close call. I know that faux balance is the way you keep all the dinner reservations coming in, but, lawsamercy, let's not lie to ourselves.

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